Dear Nonprofit Communications and Media Network Member/Participant: Whether you have attended a Nonprofit Communications and Media Network (NCMN) annual media mixer or one of its regular programs featuring prominent news media and nonprofit insights, you experienced the invaluable nature of gathering in-person to build on your communications strategies. Through these events, many relationships developed…

We are proud to announce Krystal Lau as the 2019 Lisa Davidson Memorial Scholarship recipient! Krystal Lau’s career goal, at this point in her life, is in the tech communications industry as she writes, “I believe modern technology is transforming the way future generations communicate and interact with one another. In order to use technology as…

Let’s celebrate the holidays with ABC7’s news and public affairs staff to honor Ruth House (at right in photo) for her inspiring commitment to public service and to the Nonprofit Communications and Media Network. To recognize Ruth’s contributions to the community, please bring a new, non-giftwrapped toy or sports equipment as part of…

Looking to take your organization’s social media to the next level? Hear from Juntae DeLane, Chief Strategist of Digital Delane, a digital branding agency and David Andres Kietzman, Managing Partner and Chief Engagement Officer of Momentum Team Solutions as they discuss the key elements to fueling a world-class brand on social media. You’ll learn: How…

We at the NCM Network have some pretty amazing members, including many of you! We’d like you to get to know them a little. So, to introduce our newest members, who joined at our Annual Mixer, here’s a brief rundown! If you are a current member and would like to submit a blog post on…

Hey You! Are You Listening? We are trained to always be ready with an answer. We research our clients, donors and stakeholders so we are prepared for what they are going to say. We make sure that our message is on target. But are we missing out on what’s important? Are we in automatic listening…

Every summer, the Nonprofit Communications and Media Network (NCM Network) hosts its Annual Media Mixer so that members and guests can meet the media and media can hear about potential news ideas. EVENT HASHTAG: #NCMNmedia This annual event supports NCM Network’s Ruth Collander Endowment Fund, which provides scholarships to communications and journalism students attending Southern…

UPD 2.6.19: The 2019 Scholarship has been awarded. Please read more HERE. Thank you to all who applied! ================== NCMNetwork would love to help support your studies in communications / journalism / TV-radio / digital!! Applications are currently being accepted for the Lisa Davidson Memorial Scholarship Program! Show us what you’re up to! The purpose…

News media staff continue to shrink. Although some remain, there are not as many specific “beat” reporters to cover highly specific topics. Many news journalists are required to be generalists and also expected to create content for multiple platforms. How do these and other changes in the media landscape affect news gathering? How can nonprofit…

Is how you’re presenting your organization just like everyone else? It’s time to break out and stop just doing things the way you’ve been doing them. We live in a world where we’re bombarded by content and wonder how to best manage the incoming and the outgoing. If the big companies and organizations are hogging…

On another typically sunny Wednesday morning in LA, dedicated non-profit workers and volunteers slogged through the traffic jams that lead to Downtown and converged upon The California Endowment to learn about what to most of us is a quagmire: Social Media and optimizing its various channels. Nonprofit Communications and Media Network (NCMN) hosted a very…

Special March Program: We are happy to once again partner with the African American Board Leadership Institute (AABLI) for our annual social media trends and best practices workshop! Confused by all the social media platforms and wonder if you are using the right one to reach your audience? Looking for the media to give you…